Walgreens to raise tobacco buying age to 21 in September amid FDA pressure Walgreens is increasing the age to buy tobacco at its drugstores to 21 later this year as the retailer faces possible sanctions from the Food and Drug Administration for allegedly selling to minors
The Gainesville market is a laboratory of sorts for Walgreens where the chain is testing myriad concepts for the future of its stores across the U.S
23, 2019, that it has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal official chastised the drugstore chain for violating laws restricting access to cigarettes and other products
In late 2014, Walgreens nemesis, CVS Health, decided to stop selling tobacco products at its stores (the change coincided with a name switch from CVS Caremark to CVS Health)
"Today, every Walgreens pharmacist and technician has been trained and certified on supporting a patients attempt to quit on their terms," Walgreens said in a statement to USA TODAY
